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ReviewJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2009

Treadmill training for the treatment of gait disturbances in people with Parkinson's disease: a mini-review.

T Herman, N Giladi, J M Hausdorff

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Review in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Treadmill training for patients with Parkinson's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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  9. Repeatability of aerobic capacity measurements in Parkinson disease.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

T HermanLaboratory for Gait and Neurodynamics, Movement Disorders Unit and Parkinson Center, Department of Neurology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Street, 64239, Tel Aviv, Israel.
N Giladi
J M Hausdorff

Funding

Gait instability in the elderly with increased fall riskR01AG014100 · NIA · TEL-AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAUSDORFF, JEFFREY M · 2005 to 2008
$531k
GAIT INSTABILITY IN THE ELDERLY WITH INCREASED FALL RISKR29AG014100 · NIA · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI HAUSDORFF, JEFFREY M · 1997 to 2001
$238k
NIA NIH HHS AG-14100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report reviews recent investigations of the effects of treadmill training (TT) on the gait of patients with Parkinson's disease. A literature search identified 14 relevant studies. Three studies reported on the immediate effects of TT; over-ground walking improved (e.g., increased speed and stride length) after one treadmill session. Effects persisted even 15 min later. Eleven longer-term trials demonstrated feasibility, safety and efficacy, reporting positive benefits in gait speed, stride length and other measures such as disease severity (e.g., Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale) and health-related quality of life, even several weeks after cessation of the TT. Long-term carryover effects also raise the possibility that TT may elicit positive neural plastic changes. While encouraging, the work to date is preliminary; none of the identified studies received a quality rating of Gold or level Ia. Additional high quality randomized controlled studies are needed before TT can be recommended with evidence-based support.

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Exercise TherapyGaitClinical Trials as TopicHumansParkinson DiseaseQuality of LifeSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID18982238

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